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, ttfil;mn?lon chronicle extraor dinar v â€” satttdtx o next " 5 l da y ot aaguft from the london gazette adwwalty office june 27 of which the following admm cornwallis on board his ma 2fy s hip royal sovereign the 1 tth Â°* jure to evan nepean elq lecre tary of the admiralty ' 4 sir iivqucflthat yon will be pleafed to acquaint the lords co.mniliione s of the a.imnaly that on the 6th inftant a ihip havii been chafed by the iquav ' <>Â», a fignal was niade to me from the thai it was an enemy's frirate h ill the ev^ing , ap ain stopiiurd made me a fignal that he could not comeupwr.hilxchace i-.pon which 1 cuiietl him in and brought to for the gbr being then in latitude 47 2 2 io ; -: 5 57 in lae morning of the w a fail whs i.ev a.r.in 10 tht enu\v.'Â«rd 1 ivuacaii tor 1 he pkatott pdla nu m,,o l-.iher to chace ami follow c<i rlic wi i the line of batile fans it.watuowiftg frefh fiwa the north aii as we nine in with the land hv verai jargc ij>s were itcn undo a fail wlmh proved to be a french ft|uadron coiieiting of three line oi batil ihips ux frigates a brig a ilo<p ami acutt some of rhern w treat fi.it landing feff jpore but unfortunately the wind wa fatriorthem to into bellille road where we law fcveral largeftips at-an chor we had jot ci y near to the enewy's fiv.ys and had hoj>es at fi.fl we ibonld liavc got up with them before they cpi m have reached ihtir ports , : iui made iignals for ihe fhips to lorn for their mutual fepport and engage tiÂ»e eimciny s tliey came up the pw ton hi id fcveral fiiots which the line of battle returned from their items 1 iw;lo\veil us far as i thonght prudent aiul then hauled the \. iiid sccji after 1 saw three fail ilaikling in 1 nuuie the nal to chace they were 1 two french frigates avd a large dotch uiiot th?p is tow of one of their â€” they ihipd round tÂ»<.e fouth end of bellifle the bindmofl flnp got within gun hot and feveral were exclanoecl the king fif^er fired feveral broadii4es at the irrigates ; they were obliged toxattbffthe slhipin tow and rounding the point of trie iil.nl we came upon a convoy chiefly brigs sight of tnem were taken but the frigates riftniin'g in fliove among jfhoals tie trinii'ph arid phÂ«*roh hav ing ma<he fighals 10 me of danger we were obliged to give over the purfuit by what i can learn tlie convpy came from bburdeaux laden with wrhes and i'iidcr the charge of three line of battle lhips and eight friji^tes a blip cor ' vctte had anchored clofe in with the ifland in the evening whillt the fri f pates were chafed at night 1 directed captain stopford in the phaeton to work in fhore and if he did not per ceiveany works to prot et r t the corvetie to endeavour to bring her our lie at tempted it in the morning but they opened a l^attery on the fltfp which lie had r.or feen ; and the brig being clofe hauled in fiiore during the nigit cap tain stopford very properly thought it not an object oi confequence to br lance the loft the fhip was likely to fwf tain and therefore returned having hail o:ic n?nn killed feven wounded and two of his guns difmountcd i find the veflels have naval fiores as well as wine the hip has car.non and 1 nn deihand is laden with naval and ord nance ftores two american vtfills laden svhh provisions of ti-fic cnt kinds have inent detained liere in the tqnadron i ft-iid them in lv the kirg fiflier 1 have ordered captain goflmili to join me here agaiu imr^ediately copy of a letter from captstn gofimin of his majefty's floop king fifner tlated falmonth j : i>e 24th 179s to e nepean e ft cretary to the admiraliy you vvill be pleafed to irforn my lords comnnflioners f theadmiralty oi the arrival oi liis inajfftv's floop umicr my ceimwsmo off this port and having fren the large fcip captured by vice admiral cornwall's fquadrcn the h ftant in fafety ; all the reit of the iquadron parted company wiih me on the 19th in a fcvere gale of wind i am c t l gosselin extract of a letter from vice admiral lord c6rnwallis dated june 25 i 79c on board the royal sovereign at lea to evan nepean efq fecretury to the admiralty i have the honour to inform you for the information of the lords commiffi oners of the admiralty that on the 1 6th in the morning ft-imlirig in wiih the land ear the pentnarks 1 fent the pliston ahead to lookout for any of the enemy's fnips on the coaft 1 ftood a.terherwlh the reft of ;!, e hips ; at ten he made a %,, a l i or feeing a fleet n-head and afterwards that tliev were ot fuperior force upon her brh to i made a fignai to haul t:;c wind upfojn tiie ftarboaul trick at this time con i i ice the hulls c f t!:c ftrange fails 1 hirty we/e emmted pud fume oit em had all their faib on upon a v bid to fee ard of us i ftood upon ihe larboard tack with nil cur fails keep : ngtbe fliips collected upon eicj^rinrr by figual ihe eneni5 s foi c captain sropfbid nnfwend inline of buttle fliips 14 fi-irates 2 brigs nnd a cutter in all jo f l ij j e ar bay of them larked in more ; in t!;e afternoon the wind fell very touch and cane round lorhc northward.and of coorfe brought il:ofe fliips of the enemy which r.d jacked 10 wmdwarc and the other hid up ior us they were feen in the morn jng before it wa&day-l^ght upon boih quartert of the fqtiadron at rine hi t!ic morning one of tlie front line of battle fnips began to fc-e upon the mats â€¢ their frigates were ar rangsng npabreaftof us to windward eicepi one which kept to leeward ai>d ran upon the larboard qnarter of tie mars then yawled and fired which v.r.s ficquent aiu repented this was rl:c only frigate that attempted aÂ»y rhing a reining fire with intervals as kepi up dining t e whole day in the evt-nirg they made a fhew of a more tenons attack upon the mar which imd fell a little to leeward and obliged me to bear irp for her fuppon : thii was tl.eii lau eflfort â€” if any tnino c erves that appellation several foot weÂ»e fired for tv.o hours after but they appeared to be drawing < t and before the fun bad let their whole fleet had incked and was rending froni irs ; the mar^nd triumph being the ftemmtort lliips were f roll rfe more expo fed to ihe enemy's li e ; end i cannot loo much commend the fpi ed condoc of firciiariescowon one fir erafmtsgow er the captains r.f tl.ofe flii^s lord charles fitzgei aid r.lfo in the urnnf wick kept np a very oona fire from the atitr gnus ; bi;t that fiiip was obliged the whole titne 10 cany every fail the ecllerophcn being nearly in the fame circuniftance i was pjad'to keep in fome meaftire in referve havmg reafon fl ft to fuppofe there wonkl be fall occr.fion for ihe utmoft exertion of us all : and being a kcail of me was not able to fire much i contained that fhip ni a ti cafme in llcrr having heard of her former achievements and ob fe:vcd the ipirit nianifefted by all on board when fhc pafie;l me joined to the njiiviry aid real fliew ed by lord cr;-nfionn during tie whole cruijte 1 sni r.lfo much indebted to cap tain wbitby for his activity and unre inittec dsigence ni board the royal sovereign the frigates hewed the greateit attention and alertnefs i kr vt the pallas near me to repeat fignals which captain curfcn performed very much to my fiiisfacticu ; indeed i ftiafi ever feel the impreffions which thfc good conduct of the captains officers teamen mnvines and foldiers in the fquadi on lms made on my mind ; end it was the urcatefl pleafiire i ever re ceived to lee the fpirit manifefted i y the men who inftead of being ca(t clown at feeing o fail of the enemy's hips attacking our little fqnatlron were in the higheft fpii its imaginable i ilo not mean the lioynl sovereign alone the fame fpirit was fhewn in all the ihips as they came near me and al though circumiranced as we were w e had iio great reafon to complain of the conduct of the enemy yet our men could not help repeatedly exprcfling their contempt of them could com mon prudence have ailovf ed me to let loofe their valour 1 hnrdly know what niipht not have been accomplifhed hy fuch men little damages have been received by aiul the molt loleinu promilcs of the holy roman empire at this moment 1 perceive mylelf abandoned by my al lies the ih eugth of my people reduced and my treasures exhauited wluiit my allies have only coniidcrcd their own incereft i have therefore lent my mi ntfter the count de lehrbach to bri tenfee to conclnde a peace for the fake of rny hereditary liaios of which i hull render an account lo no oue but ever mindful of the en^reinems which i have conn acted totatjs the german co-eftatts 1 iui^fdent on the fubject of their ingratitude for tliefe my iatfc ettblta and ihcrtio.e at the fame i.mie icne to eriienfcc my vice prcfi lieiu of the empire ihc baron de bat terttyh t there to ttegotiafte aii advan ta^eous er.ce for the empire l i nviu . h they thonkl f o pleafc rhofe of ti ie germanic body who ihoulj he inclined ro imwe tbctttlelvei m n u v nil j n tractions aud full powers to this am b is*di!Â«r wiiii a,i afluranee that by plac ing a reliance on the aneient anltrian it ieliry its promiftt they will molt infallibly lv.eet with nmre fircccfs than thofe who with a mind coufitleiice have involved tiie.i.lclveb wia apt>wer finth lis tci the mofl lokmn engacettiemt signed francis vul t paraph tianr erit1sii parliamjent i-is nnijefty's faioft gracious i'j)t-ech to toih 4ui vi oi parliament : -^â– r v i fi d r and veritfsmtn lne ze.i.ons p.n.j uniform regard which yon have fhewii to the general intcre^tts of my people an i particularly the prodeiit firm aiid fpirited ftippo'n which yqu have continued to flrbn.l me ni the prqfccuiion of c gveai conreft j in which we are itill unavuidably en j^aged demand n.v viarraeh 4 ow ledgments 1 lie encooracement wlncli my au'u-s maft derive fi-oin the knowledge of your femiments and the extraowlinavy exertions wlrc.i you have enables me to make in fup^rti a and aumnentii <â€¢ my naval and military iv ces afford tl.e means rooft likely to'coti ucc to tl.e re ivoration of peace to the kingdoms and totiie re eibbli&roem of general tran quility on a fecn;e lading and ho nourable foumlatioa gentlemen cj the fotrfi cfccn;;:c:;s i hr.ve to return you my hearty thanks for the liberal and ample fup plies which tie rribtrrcea of the coun try iiave enabled yi>u to provide be yond all former example tor the vaii ous exigencies of i lie public jervlce 1 have alfo tr acknotvledoe with pe culiar fenfibility ti:e recent proofs wbic you have viven of your at:nch ment toimy pet fbn nnd family in the provifion which you have made for fettling fche eft abl iflunent oftiie prince and p.;:-(c-f of wales and forextiicar ino the prince from the incumbrauces in which he was hivclved my urjt and fentlemtit it is impoifible to contemplate the inrei'ial otuation of the enemy whh whom we are contending witl out \:\^ dnlt>iiig a lÂ».ij^e that the prefent cir cuiiuta ces o fiance may in their ef iec'ia hafteu the return of fuch a dare of oidcr ai 1 regular government as may l capable < 1 maiittainhie the ac ctritoroed relations oi a miry and peace wit i other powets tlie iiliie 1:owe ever of thefe extraordinary tranlhcli ons is on of tlie reach of human fore fi^ht till that defirable periotl ar rives when my fu|>jec%8 can be relrored to the ecure enjoyment of the bleflinc,s of ear i ln.l not fail to m?.l<e the mofl efficlnal vie of ti.e force which you have uir into my hands h 9 wit it tlie nrmofr fati^fac'tion that i have recently received the iki vices of an importjint and lpiliant fuccefs ob tained over the enemy by a deiach mentof my fleet under the able conduct of lord bi id port i have every reaton to rely on the comlnunnceofthe(]i!tin?uiuiedb'avery of my fleet and armies as veil as of the zeal fpirit and perieverance of my people trhkh have been uniformly manifested throwph the whole courfe of ihis jufr and ncccfl'iry war then the lord chancellor by his m*jef % s command fuid : â€” my lords and prntlemen it is his nmjtfty's royal will and plea sÂ£wg ' r"n:i:ei between w cctfcs a hr ' ham coates ' ' nen jun thomas lee ; â€¢ b air m'clenuchau Â» tt d vnnr letter of th , â€¢ r,Â»ve'i r r ' ie memorial is/itkh-j fr-ve given : onrothe fewj-mcn â– â– o'i vjuroix'clieur . i thomas walley wll s crafts thÂ«Â«^s edwards fiuiinn efars i'decimeu i 0f boituu it of invafimlnifl ration i tie bappiucfi of my fellow "Â» frftemfo t!ie attainment . ,. d liai uiiirormly been lo i ona local and parjial i:-io conteim>h r e the riiotcsfl neertat whole : to : iit!i iinpjt flioi-s when s w.ll vield to caiit'il re â– â– .-: v to coiiful only tie yfej :..- ptnmk intei eua of our l.cpiitedfrnm this line of ". i/i ii;e cnfij;j which lias dtfenfihtwas coiilaixiej in â€¢ - prefleftinn for my bÂ«rn : bv weighed irh atten ient which ha t ui.y ftfeototiew but the â– - pade which i never ft lias afigiied to tlic jnc.wer of making t ea am conlent of the ; t l0l!b!l^{u i . ; v)f c ;! t j ti , 2::che of gove^ment i i*6nt jaffibn and mof infbrujatipn aples upon which nrehriomsvvill . : they i^ghtiiot fewtofeek truth formed iliveft :: o|1 t!,er!ntv , â€¢*!^ retponfomty 1 llec b r fub:,ht : and lihenytomake o :! nas tl frroijm]s v nie , l ic * the â€¢ - ulct^s ot my confei ji ullc tribunal of th e

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, ttfil;mn?lon chronicle extraor dinar v â€” satttdtx o next " 5 l da y ot aaguft from the london gazette adwwalty office june 27 of which the following admm cornwallis on board his ma 2fy s hip royal sovereign the 1 tth Â°* jure to evan nepean elq lecre tary of the admiralty ' 4 sir iivqucflthat yon will be pleafed to acquaint the lords co.mniliione s of the a.imnaly that on the 6th inftant a ihip havii been chafed by the iquav ' <>Â», a fignal was niade to me from the thai it was an enemy's frirate h ill the ev^ing , ap ain stopiiurd made me a fignal that he could not comeupwr.hilxchace i-.pon which 1 cuiietl him in and brought to for the gbr being then in latitude 47 2 2 io ; -: 5 57 in lae morning of the w a fail whs i.ev a.r.in 10 tht enu\v.'Â«rd 1 ivuacaii tor 1 he pkatott pdla nu m,,o l-.iher to chace ami follow cs were itcn undo a fail wlmh proved to be a french ft|uadron coiieiting of three line oi batil ihips ux frigates a brig a ilo

es at fi.fl we ibonld liavc got up with them before they cpi m have reached ihtir ports , : iui made iignals for ihe fhips to lorn for their mutual fepport and engage tiÂ»e eimciny s tliey came up the pw ton hi id fcveral fiiots which the line of battle returned from their items 1 iw;lo\veil us far as i thonght prudent aiul then hauled the \. iiid sccji after 1 saw three fail ilaikling in 1 nuuie the nal to chace they were 1 two french frigates avd a large dotch uiiot th?p is tow of one of their â€” they ihipd round tÂ»e 24th 179s to e nepean e ft cretary to the admiraliy you vvill be pleafed to irforn my lords comnnflioners f theadmiralty oi the arrival oi liis inajfftv's floop umicr my ceimwsmo off this port and having fren the large fcip captured by vice admiral cornwall's fquadrcn the h ftant in fafety ; all the reit of the iquadron parted company wiih me on the 19th in a fcvere gale of wind i am c t l gosselin extract of a letter from vice admiral lord c6rnwallis dated june 25 i 79c on board the royal sovereign at lea to evan nepean efq fecretury to the admiralty i have the honour to inform you for the information of the lords commiffi oners of the admiralty that on the 1 6th in the morning ft-imlirig in wiih the land ear the pentnarks 1 fent the pliston ahead to lookout for any of the enemy's fnips on the coaft 1 ftood a.terherwlh the reft of ;!, e hips ; at ten he made a %,, a l i or feeing a fleet n-head and afterwards that tliev were ot fuperior force upon her brh to i made a fignai to haul t:;c wind upfojn tiie ftarboaul trick at this time con i i ice the hulls c f t!:c ftrange fails 1 hirty we/e emmted pud fume oit em had all their faib on upon a v bid to fee ard of us i ftood upon ihe larboard tack with nil cur fails keep : ngtbe fliips collected upon eicj^rinrr by figual ihe eneni5 s foi c captain sropfbid nnfwend inline of buttle fliips 14 fi-irates 2 brigs nnd a cutter in all jo f l ij j e ar bay of them larked in more ; in t!;e afternoon the wind fell very touch and cane round lorhc northward.and of coorfe brought il:ofe fliips of the enemy which r.d jacked 10 wmdwarc and the other hid up ior us they were feen in the morn jng before it wa&day-l^ght upon boih quartert of the fqtiadron at rine hi t!ic morning one of tlie front line of battle fnips began to fc-e upon the mats â€¢ their frigates were ar rangsng npabreaftof us to windward eicepi one which kept to leeward ai>d ran upon the larboard qnarter of tie mars then yawled and fired which v.r.s ficquent aiu repented this was rl:c only frigate that attempted aÂ»y rhing a reining fire with intervals as kepi up dining t e whole day in the evt-nirg they made a fhew of a more tenons attack upon the mar which imd fell a little to leeward and obliged me to bear irp for her fuppon : thii was tl.eii lau eflfort â€” if any tnino c erves that appellation several foot weÂ»e fired for tv.o hours after but they appeared to be drawing < t and before the fun bad let their whole fleet had incked and was rending froni irs ; the mar^nd triumph being the ftemmtort lliips were f roll rfe more expo fed to ihe enemy's li e ; end i cannot loo much commend the fpi ed condoc of firciiariescowon one fir erafmtsgow er the captains r.f tl.ofe flii^s lord charles fitzgei aid r.lfo in the urnnf wick kept np a very oona fire from the atitr gnus ; bi;t that fiiip was obliged the whole titne 10 cany every fail the ecllerophcn being nearly in the fame circuniftance i was pjad'to keep in fome meaftire in referve havmg reafon fl ft to fuppofe there wonkl be fall occr.fion for ihe utmoft exertion of us all : and being a kcail of me was not able to fire much i contained that fhip ni a ti cafme in llcrr having heard of her former achievements and ob fe:vcd the ipirit nianifefted by all on board when fhc pafie;l me joined to the njiiviry aid real fliew ed by lord cr;-nfionn during tie whole cruijte 1 sni r.lfo much indebted to cap tain wbitby for his activity and unre inittec dsigence ni board the royal sovereign the frigates hewed the greateit attention and alertnefs i kr vt the pallas near me to repeat fignals which captain curfcn performed very much to my fiiisfacticu ; indeed i ftiafi ever feel the impreffions which thfc good conduct of the captains officers teamen mnvines and foldiers in the fquadi on lms made on my mind ; end it was the urcatefl pleafiire i ever re ceived to lee the fpirit manifefted i y the men who inftead of being ca(t clown at feeing o fail of the enemy's hips attacking our little fqnatlron were in the higheft fpii its imaginable i ilo not mean the lioynl sovereign alone the fame fpirit was fhewn in all the ihips as they came near me and al though circumiranced as we were w e had iio great reafon to complain of the conduct of the enemy yet our men could not help repeatedly exprcfling their contempt of them could com mon prudence have ailovf ed me to let loofe their valour 1 hnrdly know what niipht not have been accomplifhed hy fuch men little damages have been received by aiul the molt loleinu promilcs of the holy roman empire at this moment 1 perceive mylelf abandoned by my al lies the ih eugth of my people reduced and my treasures exhauited wluiit my allies have only coniidcrcd their own incereft i have therefore lent my mi ntfter the count de lehrbach to bri tenfee to conclnde a peace for the fake of rny hereditary liaios of which i hull render an account lo no oue but ever mindful of the en^reinems which i have conn acted totatjs the german co-eftatts 1 iui^fdent on the fubject of their ingratitude for tliefe my iatfc ettblta and ihcrtio.e at the fame i.mie icne to eriienfcc my vice prcfi lieiu of the empire ihc baron de bat terttyh t there to ttegotiafte aii advan ta^eous er.ce for the empire l i nviu . h they thonkl f o pleafc rhofe of ti ie germanic body who ihoulj he inclined ro imwe tbctttlelvei m n u v nil j n tractions aud full powers to this am b is*di!Â«r wiiii a,i afluranee that by plac ing a reliance on the aneient anltrian it ieliry its promiftt they will molt infallibly lv.eet with nmre fircccfs than thofe who with a mind coufitleiice have involved tiie.i.lclveb wia apt>wer finth lis tci the mofl lokmn engacettiemt signed francis vul t paraph tianr erit1sii parliamjent i-is nnijefty's faioft gracious i'j)t-ech to toih 4ui vi oi parliament : -^â– r v i fi d r and veritfsmtn lne ze.i.ons p.n.j uniform regard which yon have fhewii to the general intcre^tts of my people an i particularly the prodeiit firm aiid fpirited ftippo'n which yqu have continued to flrbn.l me ni the prqfccuiion of c gveai conreft j in which we are itill unavuidably en j^aged demand n.v viarraeh 4 ow ledgments 1 lie encooracement wlncli my au'u-s maft derive fi-oin the knowledge of your femiments and the extraowlinavy exertions wlrc.i you have enables me to make in fup^rti a and aumnentii u to provide be yond all former example tor the vaii ous exigencies of i lie public jervlce 1 have alfo tr acknotvledoe with pe culiar fenfibility ti:e recent proofs wbic you have viven of your at:nch ment toimy pet fbn nnd family in the provifion which you have made for fettling fche eft abl iflunent oftiie prince and p.;:-(c-f of wales and forextiicar ino the prince from the incumbrauces in which he was hivclved my urjt and fentlemtit it is impoifible to contemplate the inrei'ial otuation of the enemy whh whom we are contending witl out \:\^ dnlt>iiig a lÂ».ij^e that the prefent cir cuiiuta ces o fiance may in their ef iec'ia hafteu the return of fuch a dare of oidcr ai 1 regular government as may l capable < 1 maiittainhie the ac ctritoroed relations oi a miry and peace wit i other powets tlie iiliie 1:owe ever of thefe extraordinary tranlhcli ons is on of tlie reach of human fore fi^ht till that defirable periotl ar rives when my fu|>jec%8 can be relrored to the ecure enjoyment of the bleflinc,s of ear i ln.l not fail to m?.lh r e the riiotcsfl neertat whole : to : iit!i iinpjt flioi-s when s w.ll vield to caiit'il re â– â– .-: v to coiiful only tie yfej :..- ptnmk intei eua of our l.cpiitedfrnm this line of ". i/i ii;e cnfij;j which lias dtfenfihtwas coiilaixiej in â€¢ - prefleftinn for my bÂ«rn : bv weighed irh atten ient which ha t ui.y ftfeototiew but the â– - pade which i never ft lias afigiied to tlic jnc.wer of making t ea am conlent of the ; t l0l!b!l^{u i . ; v)f c ;! t j ti , 2::che of gove^ment i i*6nt jaffibn and mof infbrujatipn aples upon which nrehriomsvvill . : they i^ghtiiot fewtofeek truth formed iliveft :: o|1 t!,er!ntv , â€¢*!^ retponfomty 1 llec b r fub:,ht : and lihenytomake o :! nas tl frroijm]s v nie , l ic * the â€¢ - ulct^s ot my confei ji ullc tribunal of th e